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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What does DASH stand for?






2. What function is vitamin A?






3. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






4. Name six sources of grains






5. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






6. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






7. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






8. What is the function of vitamin C?






9. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






10. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






11. What is RDA of protein?






12. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






13. The higher the BMR a client has --






14. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






15. What is normal albumin levels?






16. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






17. What is normal BMI?






18. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






19. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






20. When does BMR decrease?






21. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






22. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






23. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






24. When does BMR increase?






25. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






26. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






27. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






28. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






29. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






30. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






31. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






32. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






33. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






34. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






35. What foods have high quality protein?






36. How many calories/gram is protein?






37. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






38. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






39. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






40. What function is vitamin D?






41. Fats can lead to some medical problems






42. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






43. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






44. What are healthy sources of fats?






45. Where can you get more vitamin D?






46. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






47. Sources of fats






48. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






49. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






50. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs